Parent Consulting

Our Approach

Patti (Vancouver) and Colleen (North Vancouver)  offer parent consultations for parents by phone or Zoom or in person. We work with parents of children from toddlers to adulthood. 

Based on study and clinical practice in child development,  we help make sense of a child’s behaviour and how the parent can provide what the child needs. This approach is rooted in developmental theory—the theory that children  learn, thrive, and reach their full potential through secure relationships with their parents and caregivers.  

We support parents who are dealing with their child or teen’s challenging, troubling, or confusing behaviour. We help them find ways to preserve their relationship with their child despite their struggles.


We support parents in dealing with a variety of challenges such as:

  • Discipline

  • Resistance and defiance

  • Dominance

  • Aggression

  • Anxiety

  • Grief and loss

  • Low self-esteem

  • Social challenges

  • Separation and divorce

  • Sibling rivalry

  • Bullying

  • Child/teacher relationships

  • Raising a sensitive child or teen

  • Raising a child with neurodivergence such as: autism, attention deficit disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, giftedness, etc.

Image of child reading a book sitting on a bed with a pink dress.

We do not need to see your child or teen to help you as a parent with the troubling issue. We see parents without the child/teen attending the session.

To book a session, please see link below. If you do not see space in our schedules, please add yourself to our waitlist and we will be in touch when we have openings.

We do not see children or teens nor offer couples counselling.

For referrals please click here: Referrals

“Children must never work for our love; they must rest in it.”

— Gordon Neufeld